USA, IL: Metropolitan Brewing to change location and triple its production this year

Metropolitan hopes to triple or quadruple current output in 2013, redeyechicago.com reported on February, 21.

The Chicago-based brewery, established in 2008, is one of the few that concentrates on lagers instead of ales, brewing popular beers like Krankshaft Kolsch and Dynamo Copper Lager. And in 2013, Metropolitan wants the city to drink a lot more of them.

"We're going to triple our output in the initial stages, and work up to quadrupling," said Tracy Hurst. That will require upgrades to equipment, infrastructure and the purchase of larger fermenters.

The current Ravenswood location just can't accomodate the expansion, though Hurst says it's been a great space for the past few years.

Hurst has long maintained that Metropolitan Brewing will not open a pub or tavern, but will remain a production brewery with Chicago as its home.

"Our vision was always to be a Chicago brewery," Hurst said. "We'll never change that."

22 February, 2013